Hi Michael,"... So why do you think a SWAM Trumpet/Trombone would be a viable effort to undertake ? "

For selfish personal reasons.
I am new to Samplemodeling instruments, having purchased the SWAM Violin last month and this week the SWAM Saxophones.

I noticed that SM sells the Kontakt based Sax Brothers Saxophones as well and thought I would ask if there are any plans for the Trumpet and/or Trombone SWAM instruments.

Why? Because I feel that having another layer of software, Kontakt, to worry about interfacing with my DAW, operating system, graphics card, etc. is just asking for more trouble and more trouble-shooting if one of these items does not like to play nicely with another one.

I am a believer in the KISS method "Keep It Simple Stupid" and like to concentrate on the music and not on any problems or changes that I might have to deal with in new releases of third party products like Kontakt.
And I am in no way demeaning the Kontakt software. Judging by the numbers, I'm sure there are a lot of happy Users out there.
ciao, Dan

This question has been asked a number of times previously and the response has been (my paraphrasing) that Kontakt is the best platform for the particular requirements of the trumpet and trombone (and the brasses in general, I believe).

Hi Maddcow,
Thanks for the response.
Yes, I have just been reading some Topics written by Webmaster and see what you are referring to.
Too bad. I was hoping to be adding those instruments to my SampleModeling library.

All I can say is that from personal experience, I've had no trouble whatsoever with the Kontakt 5 player (which is free as opposed to full-blown Kontakt), and the Trumpet is phenomenal.

I do share your appreciation for keeping things simple, and I like that the SWAM instruments are nice and self-contained. But I haven't found the Kontakt player to add any noticeable overhead. I wouldn't let that be the reason not to buy these amazing instruments.